Improved washing-machine



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Letters Patent No. 99,029, dated January 18, 1870.

OGC- L IMPRvED WASHING-MACHINE.

MN-wliihe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making p art of the same.

To all rwhom lit may concern Beit known that I, GEORGE W. STRANAHAN, of Westport, in the county of Essex, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference vbeing had to the accompanying drawings, formingl part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical cross-section of my improved washing-machine, taken through the line x x, iig. 2.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line y y, iig. l.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish a simple, convenient, and effective washing-machine, which shall be so-const-ructed and arranged that it may he also used 'as-a boiler for heating the water and boiling the clothes; and

It consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the box-or tub of the machine, which is made of tin, copper, or other suitable metal, and which is provided with a cover, B, iitting closely upon Iit, as shown in gfl.

C is a shaft,revolving in bea1ings,in the middle parts ofthe ends of the tub 01 .boiler A, and to the projecting end of which is attached a crank,l D, for operatingV the machine.

E is the inner wheel, which-is formed by attaching rounds or'slats, el, to disks, c2.

The tenons of the rounds or slats e1- enter radial slots or grooves in the disks e2, and are held out to their places'loy coiled or equivalent springs, e, so as to exert the necessary pressure upon the clothes.

The disks e2 are also connected by the shaft e, which lis perforated longitudinally to receive the shaft G, encasing said shaft, and preventing the oil and iron rust upon it from coming in contact with the clothes being washed.

F is the outer wheel, the journals or round tenons ofthe rollers or slats, f1, of which, enter and work in `hol/es or, sockets in the disks f2, through the centres of whichdisks the shaft C passes.

G is a bevel gear-wheel, securely attached to the end of the sleeve H, through which passes the shaft C, and which passes through the end of the tub or boiler A.

Upon the inner end of the sleeve H is formed a square tenon, which enters a square hole in the disk f, so that the outer Wheel F may be revolved by the .sleeve H and gear-wheel G,- independent of the Shaft O.

I isa bevel gear-wheel, pivoted to a small` frame or bracket, c', attached to the end of the t-ub'or boiler Aw The teeth of the bevel gear-wheel I mesh into the teeth of the bevel gear-wheel G, 'and also into the teeth of the bevel gear-wheel J, which revolves loosely upon the shaft C. y

The bevel gear-wheel J may be connected with the shaft C, by a piu passing through said shait, and' through a hole in the hub of the vsaid gear-wheel J ,as shown in iig. 1.

By this arrangement, by revolving the shaft C by means of the crank D, the wheels E and F will be re:, volved at the Sametime, but in opposite directions.

By removing the pin from the hole in the gear-y wheel J and shaft C, and inserting it in a hole in the frame or bracket a' and gearwheel J, (said hole is4 shown in iig. 1,) the gear-wheel J, and consequently the outer wheel F, will be held stationary, while the inner wheel E may be revolved.

The disks f2 of the wheel F have pieces cut out of them, as lshown in Iig. 1, which pieces are hinged at one end and hooked at their other end to the main bodies of said disks, so that the said pieces, and the 'slats or rounds fl attached to them, may serve as a door for the insertion and removal ofthe clothes.

If desired, the disks f2 maybe made entire, and the ends of the rounds' or'slats f1 that form the door, at-

tached to curved bars, one end of which are hinged to a round, f1, of the body of the wheel F, and their other ends bolted to the disks f2, or otherwise de tachably secured in place. c

In using the machine, the clothes to be washed arev inserted in the spacebetween the wheels E and F, and

as the said wheels are revolved in opposite directions,

the said clothes are swept through the water or suds in the tub or boiler A, and at the sainel time are turned about and rubbed by the action of the wheels E and F, so as to be thoroughly and quickly washed in all their parts.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv 1. The combination of the metallic tub or boiler A with the two wheels E F, constructed as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. An improved washing-machine, formed by the combination ,of the two wheels E F, constructed as described, tub or boiler A, shaft O, crank D, sleeve H, and gear-wheels G I J, with each other, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. W. STRANAHAN.

Witnesses:

, 1. N. BARTON, l S. A. Sierre.` 

